1P5 Podcast – Episode 27: The Origins of Islamic Violence

Another Islamic attack. More people dead. Yet again, the principle shooter was viewed by others as a normal guy with a normal job who was well-liked and was “living the American Dream.” How does this happen? What is it about Islam that can lead a man to walk out of his office holiday party to come back with his wife and commit a suicide attack, together abandoning their six-month old child?

Islamic scholar Andrew Bieszad goes back to the basics of Muslim belief to help us make sense of the latest tragedy.